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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






2. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






3. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






4. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






5. Significant point or event in the project






6. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






7. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






8. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






9. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






10. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






11. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






12. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






13. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






14. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






15. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






16. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






17. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






18. Processes that organize and manage the project team






19. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






20. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






21. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






22. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






23. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






24. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






25. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






26. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






27. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






28. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






29. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






30. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






31. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






32. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






33. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






34. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






35. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






36. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






37. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






38. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






39. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






40. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






41. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






42. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






43. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






44. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






45. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






46. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






47. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






48. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






49. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






50. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information